Caernarfon
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Welsh Caernarfon; former Anglicised spellings were Carnarvon and Caernarvon.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɑɹˈnɑɹvən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈnɑːvən/
- Hyphenation: Caer‧nar‧fon
Proper noun edit
Caernarfon
- A port town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales, the location of a castle and a high proportion of Welsh speakers (OS grid ref SH4862).
References edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From caer (“fort”) + yn (“in”) + Arfon.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kaɨ̞rˈnarvɔn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kairˈnarvɔn/
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Proper noun edit
Caernarfon f
- A port town in Gwynedd, Wales, the location of a castle and a high proportion of Welsh speakers (OS grid ref SH4862).
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| Caernarfon | Gaernarfon | Nghaernarfon | Chaernarfon |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||